TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN NEBRASKA

OLDER METROPOLITAN AREAS


Omaha

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1868-1889 - several companies
1889-1902 - Omaha Street Railway Co.
1902-1955 - Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.
1955 - streetcars discontinued
1955-1960 - Omaha Transit Co.
1960-1971 - Omaha Transit Co. (ATE)

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Metro Area Transit
Serves city and nearby suburbs only
Outlying Douglas, Sarpy Counties - Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging
New additional metropolitan counties:
Cass, Washington Counties - Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging
Saunders County - Saunders County Public Transportation

OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (PLATTSMOUTH)
After 1891 - Plattsmouth Street Railway Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service


Lincoln

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1883-1885 - Lincoln Street Railroad
1885-1898 - Lincoln Street Railway Co.
1898-1924 - Lincoln Traction Co.
1924-1942 - Lincoln Traction Co. (United Light & Power Co.)
1942-1971 - Lincoln City Lines (National City Lines)
1945 - streetcars discontinued

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
StarTran
Primarily city service
Outlying Lancaster County - rural system
New additional metropolitan counties:
Seward County - rural system


NEWER METROPOLITAN AREAS


South Sioux City

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Streetcar co. - Sioux City Crystal Lake & Homer Electric Railway
After 1889 - South Sioux City Electric Motor Railway
Streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Sioux City Transit Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Dakota, Dixon Counties - no transit service


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